Station 13, Gulf of Aqaba (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (28.7° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 34.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; carbonate

• coral rich carbonates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Taviani, P. Montagna, N. M. A. Rasul, L. Angeletti, and W. Bosworth. 2019. Pleistocene Coral Reef Terraces on the Saudi Arabian Side of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198561: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp.
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Lambis sp.
Lambis sp. Röding 1798 conch
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852 auger snail